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Teen escapes predator after bunker ordeal

A brave high school girl tries to outfox her fugitive kidnapper after being held hostage for ten days in an underground bunker Full story

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Kidnapped teen: 'Bunker was hell'

A daughter's desperate plea

Vinson Filyaw's manuscript

What Elizabeth did right

Inside the investigation

Blog: After ordeal, kidnapper wilts and teen shines

Videos: Teen speaks about abduction

	Morning of the abduction Elizabeth Shoaf describes how Vinson Filyaw tricked her into following him into the woods.
	Trying to survive Elizabeth Shoaf talks about her ordeal inside Vinson Filyaw's bunker.
	Desperately texting Elizabeth Shoaf on trying to contact her mom using her captor's cell phone.
	'We heard helicopters' Elizabeth Shoaf describes the day of her escape.

Videos: Kidnapper speaks

	Asking for forgiveness Vinson Filyaw asks the Shoaf family to forgive him after pleading guilty.
	Filyaw's 'all-American background' Boy Scouts, church, and capture the flag: Vinson Filyaw talks about his 'normal' upbringing.
	Building the bunker Vinson Filyaw describes the bunker where he held Elizabeth Shoaf captive.
	Many stories, not all true The night before he pleads guilty, Vinson Filyaw isn't sure which story to tell.

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Evidence photos
Evidence photos from Vinson Filyaw's bunker, trailer, and hiding spots.

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Videos

	Inside the bunker Police crime scene video of the bunker where Elizabeth Shoaf was held captive.
	'He took our child's innocence' Elizabeth Shoaf's mother makes a statement at Vinson Filyaw's trial.
	'She was doomed' District Attorney Barney Geise reads excerpts from Vinson Filyaw's manuscript.

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Kidnapper's manuscript
Read excerpts from Vinson Filyaw's manuscript, which was used by the prosecution as evidence against him at trial.

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Kidnapped teen: 'Bunker was hell'
'I will never forgive him,' says Elizabeth Shoaf, who was kidnapped and kept in an underground bunker for 10 days before engineering her escape.

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A daughter's desperate plea
Madeline Shoaf remembers the excitement and confusion of receiving a text message from her kidnapped daughter Elizabeth.

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Inside the investigation

Police officers from Kershaw County Sheriff's Department blog on the case

What Elizabeth did right
by Capt. David Thomley

Following the facts to Elizabeth
by Lt. Eric Tisdale

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Blog: After ordeal, kidnapper wilts and teen shines
Dateline's Keith Morrison on the contrast between interviewing Vinson Filyaw and Elizabeth Shoaf

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